List of Canadian organizations with royal prefix


This is a list of Canadian organizations with designated royal status, listed by the king or queen who granted the designation.
As a matter of honour, the Canadian monarch may bestow on an organization the right to use the prefix royal before its name; this may be done for any type of constituted group, from Royal Ottawa Golf Club to the Royal Canadian Regiment. The granting of this distinction falls within the Royal Prerogative, and thus is conferred by the monarch through the office of her viceroy, with input from the Department of Canadian Heritage on whether or not the institution meets the criteria of having been in existence for at least 25 years, being financially secure, and a non-profit organization, amongst others.

Civilian

YearOrganization
1837Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron
1851Royal Canadian Institute
1854Royal Canadian Yacht Club
1862Royal Halifax Yacht Club
1878Royal Military College
1880Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
1882Royal Commonwealth Society of Canada
1883Royal Society of Canada
1884Royal Montreal Golf Club
1887Royal Victoria Hospital
1888Royal Victoria College
1891Royal Hamilton Yacht Club
1894Royal Canadian Humane Association
1894Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club of Montreal
1894Royal Toronto Sailing Skiff Club
1896Royal Canadian Golf Association
1898Royal Kennebeccasis Yacht Club

YearOrganization
1902Royal Cape Breton Yacht Club
1903Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
1905Royal Vancouver Yacht Club
1907Royal Alexandra Hospital
1908Royal Life Saving Society of Canada
1908Royal Architectural Institute of Canada
1909Royal Edward Laurentian Sanatorium

YearOrganization
1910Royal Guardians
1910Royal Over-Seas League
1911Royal Victoria Yacht Club
1912Royal Ottawa Golf Club
1913Royal Canadian Institute
1913Royal Ottawa Sanatorium
1914Royal Ontario Museum
1923Royal Automobile Club of Canada
1924Royal Lake of the Woods Yacht Club
1924Royal Montreal Curling Club
1929Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
1930Royal Botanical Gardens
1931Royal Colwood Golf Club
1934Royal Québec Golf Club

YearOrganization
1944Royal Canadian Flying Clubs Association
1947Royal Conservatory of Music

YearOrganization
1952Royal Canadian Humane Association
1953Royal Winnipeg Ballet
1953Royal Commonwealth Society of Canada
1957Royal Canadian Geographical Society
1959Royal Canadian College of Organists
1959Royal Philatelic Society of Canada
1959Royal Glenora Club
1961Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre
1962Royal Canadian Legion
1964Royal Jubilee Hospital
1964Royal College of Dentists
1965Royal Newfoundland Yacht Club
1965Royal Hamilton Conservatory of Music
1966Royal Victoria Hospital
1969Royal Western Nova Scotia Yacht Club
1970Royal Manitoba Winter Fair
1972Royal United Services Institute of Vancouver Island
1975Royal United Services Institute of Alberta
1977Royal United Services Institute of Kingston, Ontario
1979Royal United Services Institute of Regina, Saskatchewan
1981Royal Manitoba Yacht Club
1982Royal United Services Institute of Manitoba
1983Royal New Brunswick Rifle Association
1984Royal Glenora Club
1987Royal British Columbia Museum
1989Royal United Services Institute of Vancouver
1989Royal St. George's College
1990Royal University Hospital
1990Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology
1991Royal Hamilton Yacht Club
1993Royal Saskatchewan Museum
1993Royal Kingston Curling Club
1993Royal United Services Institute of New Brunswick
1998Royal Regina Golf Club
1999
1999Royal London United Services Institute
2000Royal Canadian Pacific
2002Royal Heraldry Society of Canada
2005Royal Alberta Museum
2005Royal Mayfair Golf Club
2007Royal Canadian Numismatic Association
2010Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre
2012Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue
2013The Royal Cape Breton Gaelic College
2014Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada

Military

YearOrganization
1874Royal Military College of Canada
18778th Battalion "Royal Rifles"
1887Royal School of Cavalry
18906th Regiment of Cavalry "Duke of Connaught's Royal Canadian Hussars"
1892Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry
1893Royal Canadian Dragoons
1895Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery
1901Royal Canadian Regiment

YearOrganization
1903Royal Canadian Mounted Rifles
1904Royal Canadian Engineers
1905Royal Canadian Horse Artillery

YearOrganization
1910Royal Naval College of Canada
1911Royal Canadian Navy
1917Royal Newfoundland Regiment
1919Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
1920The Royal Montreal Regiment
1921Royal 22nd Regiment
1921Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
1924Royal Canadian Air Force
1928Royal 22e Régiment
1932Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers
1935Royal Winnipeg Rifles
1935Royal Highland Regiment of Canada
1936Royal Regiment of Toronto Grenadiers
1936Royal Hamilton Light Infantry

YearOrganization
1936Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps

YearOrganization
1939Royal Regiment of Canada
1941Royal Roads Military College
1942Royal Canadian Army Cadets
1942Royal Canadian Sea Cadets
1945Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
1947Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
1947Royal Canadian Dental Corps
1948Royal Canadian Military Institute

YearOrganization
1952Royal Canadian Air Force Benevolent Fund
1952Royal Canadian Naval Benevolent Fund
1952Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean
1953Royal Canadian Air Cadets
1956Royal New Brunswick Regiment
1966The Royal Westminster Regiment
1964Royal Canadian Naval Association
1982Royal Regina Rifles
1998Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada
2018Royal Canadian Logistics Service

YearOrganization
Royal Canadian Regiment Association

Police

YearOrganization
1920Royal Canadian Mounted Police

YearOrganization
1971Royal Hamilton and District Officers' Institute
1979Royal Newfoundland Constabulary

Events

YearOrganization
1922Royal Agricultural Winter Fair of Toronto

YearOrganization
1970Royal Manitoba Winter Fair
1984Royal Canadian Henley Regatta
1993Royal St. John's Regatta
2006Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo